Informed Sources: Feb. 21, 1994

Washington -- Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell is snarling communications between the Justice Department and the White House, claim sources at the department. Hubbell is Hillary Clinton's former law partner and Bill Clinton's golfing buddy and functions as Attorney General Janet Reno's link with the White House. But the big-picture Hubbell tends to focus on issues that interest him and lets crucial details fall through the cracks. Justice aides say that's one reason the White House is sniping about being blindsided by Reno.